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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:34I read recently that the American thriller writer James Patterson,
00:39of course his hero is the psychologist, the fictional psychologist,
00:43Alex Cross, has decided to pour money, Rachel,
00:48into English, or indeed British and Irish bookshops
00:52with dedicated children's sections.
00:55Because he's very concerned that youngsters these days
00:58with so many ways to get information
01:01are not reading as much perhaps as they should have done.
01:04So, I know that my grandchildren are big readers actually,
01:09and I bought one of them a tablet recently
01:11and I loaded it with 50 books.
01:14Brilliant.
01:15Which is the way that they like to read it.
01:17Yeah, absolutely. I'm totally with them.
01:19I think, yeah, I mean I've got Kindle and a tablet
01:22and you've just got all those books at your fingertips
01:24and then you like one and you can go and buy everything
01:26and they're all at the touch of a button.
01:28You don't understand a word, you just double click
01:30and it gives you the definition. I think it's brilliant.
01:32You haven't got to worry about which book to pack when you go on holiday.
01:34You can just take a few hundred on your Kindle or...
01:37Quite right.
01:38...other e-book reader.
01:40Well done. Neatly sidestepped there, Rachel.
01:43Neatly sidestepped. Perfectly good.
01:45Now, who have we got? Rachel, we've got Paul Worsley back
01:48and he's on six now and he's vying for his seventh victory today.
01:53A fan of gangster movies.
01:55What are your favourite gangster movies there, Paul?
01:57Oh, I think my favourite of all time has to be The Godfather.
02:00Yeah, the series of The Godfather.
02:02Just the first two. I'm not too keen on the third one.
02:04All right.
02:05But part one and two were brilliant.
02:07Now, Paul, you're joined today by Michael McDowell
02:11from West Glyphon Sea in Essex.
02:14Originally, I think, from Northern Ireland. Is that right?
02:16From Newtonard in County Down.
02:18County Down. Yes, indeed.
02:20Beautiful County Down, actually.
02:22It certainly is.
02:23Is that where the Mournes Mountains sweep down to the sea?
02:26Yes, from South Down, that's right.
02:27Lovely. Lovely.
02:28And you're a three-times winner of the British Chess Solving Championships.
02:32Now, what is that all about, Michael?
02:34Well, it's a different aspect of chess to the game.
02:36I mean, chess problems are basically specially created positions with stipulations
02:41and they have to be solved against the clock, usually in groups of three.
02:45Lovely stuff. All right.
02:47Let's have a big round of applause then for Paul and Michael McDowell.
02:50APPLAUSE
02:53And over in the corner, of course, Susie Dent,
02:56joined once again by Deborah Meaden, entrepreneur extraordinaire, Dragons' Den.
03:01Somebody who's invested, I think, did you say £3 million in a spread of businesses?
03:06In Dragons' Den, of course, I have investments out of Dragons.
03:10And then you've got all your other businesses.
03:12Yes.
03:13I'm glad you could come.
03:15I'm glad you could come.
03:17Now, then, Paul Worsley, let's take it away. Letters game.
03:21Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:22Afternoon, Paul.
03:23Can I start today with a consonant, please?
03:25Of course, thank you. Start today with S.
03:27And another?
03:29Q.
03:30And another?
03:32S.
03:34A vowel?
03:36I.
03:37Another vowel?
03:39O.
03:40Another vowel?
03:42I.
03:43A consonant?
03:46D.
03:48Consonant?
03:50R.
03:51And can I finish with a vowel, please?
03:53And finish with O.
03:56And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:17CLOCK TICKS
04:29Yes, Paul?
04:30A five.
04:31A five. And Michael?
04:32And five.
04:33Two fives, Paul?
04:34Doors.
04:36Thank you, Michael.
04:37That sums up this selection, dross.
04:40Dross!
04:42What do you think about this drossful selection?
04:44We had dross as well.
04:45We thought it was dross too, yeah.
04:47Anything else?
04:48No, five. Ridiculous.
04:49Five apiece. Michael?
04:51Try your luck with the letters game.
04:53OK, I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
04:55Thank you, Michael.
04:56H.
04:57And a second?
04:59N.
05:01And a vowel?
05:03E.
05:05Another vowel?
05:07O.
05:09A consonant?
05:11T.
05:14Another consonant?
05:16D.
05:18A vowel?
05:20E.
05:22And a final consonant?
05:25F.
05:27Oh, sorry, it's not a final one.
05:30And another consonant?
05:32And the last one.
05:34N.
05:35And here's the Countdown Clock.
05:37CLOCK TICKS
05:44CLOCK TICKS
06:08Michael?
06:09Try a six.
06:10A six? Paul?
06:11A six.
06:12Michael?
06:13Fonted?
06:14And?
06:15And I'm risking saying fonted.
06:17Fonted?
06:19Um, not there.
06:21To font?
06:22Yeah, font would be there, obviously, but not fonted.
06:25I think you talk about something in a particular font
06:27if you're talking about typeface.
06:30No, fonted is an adjective, sorry.
06:33Bad luck.
06:34So what has the corner got for us?
06:36So we've got a six in denote.
06:39Yeah, denote and?
06:41That's it. Again, not a particularly productive one.
06:43Tough picking. Slim pickings.
06:45Five all and numbers now.
06:47Numbers for Paul.
06:49Can I have one from the top and five small ones, please?
06:52You can indeed. Same as usual. Thank you, Paul.
06:54One large one, five little ones to start us off today.
06:57And this round is five, four, four,
07:01one, nine and 75.
07:06And the target, 162.
07:08162.
07:10Here we go.
07:40Well, Paul?
07:41No, I've lost that.
07:43Michael?
07:44158.
07:45158.
07:47Well, let's have it.
07:49Nine plus one.
07:51Nine plus one is ten.
07:52Divided by five to give two.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Multiply by 75.
07:57By 75, 150.
07:58And add on the two fours.
07:59And the two fours. Yeah, 158.
08:02158. But quite a long way away.
08:04What about 162?
08:06Um, couple of ways.
08:07You could have said 75 divided by five is 15.
08:11Add four and take away one for 18.
08:14And times that by nine for 162.
08:17Perfect. Well done, Rachel. Thank you.
08:19Thank you for that.
08:22Always spot on.
08:24But now it's time for a teatime teaser,
08:27which is Soho Nick.
08:29And the clue,
08:30you might be forgiven for thinking these are flying fish.
08:33You might be forgiven for thinking these are flying fish.
08:52Welcome back. I left with the clue,
08:54you might be forgiven for thinking these are flying fish.
08:57And the answer is chinooks.
08:59Chinooks. I thought it was a helicopter.
09:01What else is a chinook?
09:03Lots of different things.
09:04It's a warm, dry wind,
09:06which blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains.
09:09It sounds quite beautiful.
09:10But it also, hence the clue, is a chinook salmon.
09:12It's a large North Pacific salmon.
09:14Important as food.
09:16Well enticed.
09:17As well as being a twin rotor helicopter.
09:21Named after the wind, presumably, not the fish.
09:23Probably is, yeah.
09:24All right.
09:25So, Michael, you're back on with the letters game.
09:29I'll start this time with a vowel, please.
09:31Thank you, Michael.
09:32A.
09:33And another.
09:35E.
09:36Consonant.
09:39R.
09:40Another consonant.
09:42N.
09:43And a third.
09:45T.
09:47And a fourth.
09:49S.
09:51A vowel.
09:53I.
09:55Consonant.
09:58N.
10:00And a final consonant.
10:02And a final D.
10:04Stand by.
10:29Yes, Michael?
10:31Eight.
10:32Eight and Paul?
10:33Eight.
10:34Two eights.
10:35Michael?
10:36Strained.
10:37Strained.
10:38Both strained?
10:39The same, strained.
10:40Strained here.
10:41And in the corner, any strain?
10:43We had strained.
10:44Yes.
10:45We had a couple more.
10:47Eight.
10:48We had D trains.
10:50Yes.
10:51And trunnies.
10:53So, eight.
10:55Yes.
10:56And trunnies.
10:58As in transparencies?
11:00Yes.
11:01All transistor radios, all transvestites.
11:03Very different meanings.
11:09A tranny.
11:10Yep.
11:1113 to Paul.
11:13Michael on 20, back with Paul's letters, Paul.
11:16Can I start with a consonant, please?
11:18Thank you, Paul.
11:20P.
11:21And another.
11:23V.
11:24And another.
11:26N.
11:28Consonant.
11:30H.
11:32A vowel.
11:34E.
11:35Another vowel.
11:37A.
11:39Another vowel.
11:41O.
11:44Consonant.
11:46G.
11:48And can I finish with a vowel, please?
11:51And finish with I.
11:54Clock time.
12:22MUSIC STOPS
12:26Paul.
12:27Seven.
12:28Seven. And Michael?
12:29Just a five.
12:30And that five?
12:31A pine.
12:33A pine. Paul?
12:34Heaping.
12:35Heaping.
12:37Heaping.
12:38Insult upon insult.
12:39Erm...
12:40Yes.
12:41Very good.
12:42What else have we got there?
12:44Deborah? Susie?
12:45Well, we had heaving.
12:47Well, we did, but we don't have a V.
12:49It's a bit of a problem.
12:51We have a V?
12:53We do have a V.
12:54We do have a V.
12:55Heaving is fine.
12:56Heaving.
12:58Heaving it all up.
13:00So are you happy now?
13:01We have got one, yes.
13:02It's settled.
13:03All right, very good.
13:0420 points apiece over here.
13:06And Michael's numbers game.
13:09Michael?
13:10One large, five small, please, Rachel.
13:12Thank you, Michael. One from the top.
13:14And again, five from the bottom rows.
13:17And this time, the bottom ones, the little ones rather,
13:20are three, nine, seven, eight and four,
13:24and the large one, 75.
13:26And the target, 844.
13:29844.
13:47MUSIC
14:02Michael?
14:03844.
14:04844.
14:05Yes, Paul?
14:06845.
14:07So, Michael?
14:089 plus 3?
14:099 plus 3 is 12.
14:11Times 75?
14:12900.
14:14And 7 times 8?
14:1656.
14:17Lovely, well done.
14:19Very good.
14:22And, Duns, you've scored the world of good too.
14:24Propels you ten points into the lead.
14:2730 points to Paul's 20, but now we turn to Deborah.
14:31And, Deborah, I mean, obviously on Strictly you were turned out
14:35just looking a million dollars, but you're always so beautifully,
14:39if you don't mind me saying so, dressed.
14:41I don't mind.
14:42Was this always the way?
14:44Oh, goodness.
14:46No.
14:47No, I spent quite a bit of time backpacking around India.
14:51And it's important, I think, when you travel,
14:53if you don't want to attract attention, you just kind of dress down.
14:56And I remember one particular trip, it makes me laugh,
14:58people kind of see me now and they think I lead this glamorous life
15:01and all of the stuff that I do and the lovely holidays I take.
15:05But I remember a time when I was travelling from Agra to Jodhpur
15:11and the train that we were supposed to be getting on didn't exist,
15:15so we ended up on this third class.
15:17You've seen them, you know, the three stacked high and no glass
15:20and they're absolutely crammed, there's cows,
15:22there's everything on these trains.
15:24And we got on this train because it was the only one going
15:26where we wanted to go, realised there were no seats,
15:29and my husband unceremoniously hoiked me up into the luggage rack.
15:34It was a seven-hour journey.
15:36I could have walked faster.
15:38And I sat up in the luggage rack.
15:40Meanwhile, news went out that there was an Englishman on board
15:45and there was a queue of men taking my husband off.
15:48We weren't married at the time, actually.
15:50My boyfriend at the time, and introducing him to their daughters
15:53and saying, we have friends in England, are you married?
15:58And Paul kept saying, yes, yes, I'm married.
16:01That's what we had at the time.
16:03Maybe that's why he proposed to me, maybe it was just protection against it.
16:07No, it does make me laugh. It's a very levelling thing.
16:10When you've done something like that, it's a very good thing to remember.
16:13And you'll never forget it, actually.
16:15Never forget it.
16:16Fabulous.
16:17As it got darker and darker and darker,
16:20and, frankly, smellier and smellier and smellier.
16:24But I can still feel it.
16:26Something you'll never forget, that's for sure.
16:28Wonderful stuff.
16:29Now then, Paul.
16:31OK.
16:32Looking a little bit difficult now, ten points behind.
16:34Now's your chance. It's a letters game.
16:36Can I start with a consonant, please?
16:38Thank you, Paul. M.
16:40And another?
16:42C.
16:44And another?
16:46T.
16:48A vowel?
16:49E.
16:51A vowel?
16:52I.
16:54A vowel?
16:56E.
16:58A consonant?
17:00N.
17:02A consonant?
17:04S.
17:05And finish with a vowel, please.
17:07And finish with...
17:09I.
17:11And it's Countdown.
17:35MUSIC PLAYS
17:43Yes, Paul?
17:44Seven.
17:45A seven. Michael?
17:47I'll try and hit.
17:49Paul?
17:50Emetics.
17:51Now then, Michael.
17:53Minciest?
17:55Minciest.
17:57Erm...
17:58No.
18:00Erm...
18:01Not that you can mince, obviously,
18:03but I think mince is there as an adjective.
18:05Michael?
18:06No, it's not, I'm afraid. Sorry.
18:08Bad luck.
18:10So you've narrowed it down to three points.
18:12Your lead, Michael, three points.
18:14And over in the corner, what have we got there? Deborah?
18:16We did get an eight with centimes.
18:18Centimes.
18:20Centime. In the old French money, a hundredth of a franc, I guess.
18:23Centimes.
18:25They've still got cents, of course.
18:2732, 27. Now, Michael.
18:29Letters game.
18:31A consonant to start with.
18:33Thank you, Michael.
18:34L.
18:35And a second.
18:37G.
18:39And another one.
18:41J.
18:43Vowel.
18:45O.
18:47Another vowel.
18:48A.
18:50Third vowel.
18:52E.
18:55Consonant.
18:57L.
19:00A consonant.
19:02R.
19:05And a final vowel.
19:08And a final U.
19:10Dunk down.
19:30BUZZER
19:42Michael?
19:43Six.
19:44A six. And Paul?
19:46A six.
19:47Michael?
19:48Jailer, G-A-O-L-E-R.
19:50Jailer, both as well.
19:52Out of jail and in the corner.
19:55Well, Susie got a seven.
19:57Allegro.
19:58Allegro.
19:59Yep, at a brisk speed.
20:00Lovely.
20:0136-33. Michael still in the lead.
20:04Paul?
20:05Numbers.
20:06Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
20:09Thank you, Paul. Same as usual.
20:11One large and five small ones.
20:14And for this round, your selection is
20:17seven, ten, three, six, one,
20:22and the large, 150.
20:24And the target, 204.
20:27204.
20:58BUZZER
21:01Paul?
21:02204.
21:03204, Michael?
21:04204.
21:05Thank you, Paul.
21:07I said 50 plus one.
21:0950 plus one, 51.
21:11Then ten minus six for four.
21:13Uh-huh.
21:14Multiply the two together.
21:15204.
21:16Thank you, Michael.
21:17I also had 50 plus one, I just said seven minus three.
21:20Lovely, well done.
21:22Same sort of deal, 204, well done.
21:2446 plays.
21:2543, as we turn to a teatime teaser, which is Lady Prep.
21:29And the clue...
21:30He was preparing to meet the lady for the first time,
21:33so dressed this way.
21:34He was preparing to meet the lady for the first time,
21:37so dressed this way.
21:39BELL
21:48APPLAUSE
21:55Welcome back.
21:56I left you with the clue,
21:57he was preparing to meet the lady for the first time,
21:59so dressed this way.
22:00How did he dress?
22:01He dressed dapperly.
22:03He was a dapper chappie.
22:04Dapperly.
22:0543 to Michael's 46.
22:07Michael, you're back on again.
22:10Letters.
22:11A consonant, please.
22:13Thank you, Michael.
22:15T
22:16And another?
22:18Y
22:20A vial?
22:22A
22:24Consonant?
22:26W
22:28Another consonant?
22:30B
22:32And another?
22:34R
22:36A vial?
22:39I
22:40Another vial?
22:43A
22:45And a final consonant?
22:47And a final L.
22:49Countdown.
22:51BELL
23:21Yes, Michael?
23:22I have a six, but I haven't written it.
23:24And what about Paul?
23:26Five.
23:27So let's hear from Paul.
23:28Warty.
23:30Michael?
23:31Lariat.
23:33A lariat.
23:34How are you spelling that, Michael?
23:36L-A-R-I-A-T.
23:38Yep, fantastic.
23:39A rope used as a lasso or for tethering an animal.
23:41Very good.
23:42Lariat.
23:43What have we got over there, apart from lariat?
23:45So we have tribal, which is a six.
23:48Airway, for six.
23:50And a ball tee for five.
23:52All right. 52-43.
23:54Now then, Paul.
23:56I hope I don't sense danger.
23:58It's a letters game.
24:00Can I start with a consonant, please?
24:02Thank you, Paul.
24:03X
24:04And another?
24:06R
24:07And another?
24:09D
24:10A vial?
24:12E
24:14A vial?
24:15O
24:17A vial?
24:19A
24:21A consonant?
24:23Z
24:25A consonant?
24:27R
24:29And finish with a vowel, please.
24:31And finish with E.
24:33Stand by.
24:49MUSIC PLAYS
25:06Paul.
25:07Six.
25:08A six. How about Michael?
25:10Six.
25:11So, Paul.
25:12Reader.
25:13Reader and...?
25:15Roared.
25:16Roared.
25:17Yes.
25:18Not so easy. Anything interesting in the corner?
25:20And a dearer.
25:22Yes. And...?
25:24Something's dearer. Otherwise, fives, really.
25:26Dozer, which is short for a bulldozer.
25:28Yeah, yeah.
25:29But as you say, not nice, that one.
25:31Not so good. All right.
25:33So, 58-49.
25:35But now it's time for Susie
25:37and her wonderful origins of words.
25:40Susie.
25:41Well, as you know, Nick, it takes quite a while for a word
25:44to get into a dictionary.
25:46It's quite difficult for us to show that it will stand the test of time.
25:49Lots of different criteria that it has to meet
25:51before a lexicographer will think it can go in.
25:54Even the online dictionaries,
25:56there are still quite tough rules that need to be applied.
25:59But that doesn't stop us looking for words that are on the up,
26:02if you like, that are bubbling under
26:04and just coming up onto the radar,
26:06which may last or which may not.
26:08But there's one I think could be quite useful.
26:10OK, so if I said to you,
26:12what are you doing next weekend,
26:14who do you think I was talking about?
26:16Not this weekend, but the one after.
26:19Exactly, that's what I thought.
26:21I asked Debra and she said, no, no, it's this weekend.
26:24And she's got into trouble with this before
26:26by turning up at someone's house.
26:28I did actually turn up at a dinner party fully dressed for dinner.
26:31Anyway, there is now a website
26:34and quite a big social media campaign
26:37to get a new word in to kind of get rid of the confusion.
26:40And the weekend after next is going to be called Oxed.
26:43So you were talking about Oxed weekend.
26:45We will be going to dinner at a friend's house.
26:47Don't know if it will catch on, but I think we need something.
26:50We do need something to clarify.
26:52English is full of ambiguity, but that's really an annoying one.
26:55Have you ever turned up on the wrong weekend?
26:57Have I? Yeah.
26:59I don't think so, but I do always have to clarify
27:01which weekend I'm talking about in my busy social life.
27:04I've never turned up.
27:06Debra, how could you?
27:08I have anything for a bottle of wine and a dinner party.
27:12I'm you, really.
27:14Very good. Thank you very much, Susie. Excellent stuff.
27:17Now then, Michael, your letters game, and you're ahead.
27:21Consonant, please.
27:23Thank you, Michael.
27:24T
27:26And another.
27:28L
27:30And another.
27:32S
27:34Vowel.
27:36E
27:38Another vowel.
27:39U
27:41Consonant.
27:44R
27:46Another consonant.
27:49F
27:51A vowel.
27:54B
27:56And a final consonant.
27:58And the last one.
27:59S
28:01And here comes the Countdown Clock.
28:11CLOCK TICKS
28:34Michael.
28:36Eight.
28:37An eight to Paul's...?
28:38Eighth also.
28:39To Paul's eight. Michael.
28:41Flusters.
28:42Yes, Paul.
28:43And I've gone for fretless.
28:45Yes, we were just looking at that.
28:47All to do with the frets on a guitar or a stringed instrument
28:51can be fretless.
28:53Very good.
28:54Well done.
28:56Very good.
28:57So, 66 to Paul's 57.
29:00And, Paul.
29:02Oh, my dear. What are we going to do?
29:04Letters game.
29:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
29:07Thank you, Paul.
29:08C
29:09And a consonant.
29:11R
29:13A third.
29:15C
29:17A vowel.
29:19A
29:20A vowel.
29:22I
29:24A vowel.
29:26E
29:28A consonant.
29:30T
29:32A consonant.
29:34G
29:36Can I finish with...
29:39a vowel, please?
29:41And finish with...
29:43A.
29:44Stand by.
30:06MUSIC PLAYS
30:16Yes, Paul.
30:17A six.
30:18A six. And Michael?
30:20Just a five.
30:21And your five?
30:22Cigar.
30:23Cigar.
30:24And triage.
30:26Triage.
30:27Yes, very good.
30:29Medical term.
30:30Good old countdown word.
30:32What else have we got in the corner there?
30:34Last minute seven.
30:36Cartage, which is carrying something along in a cart or other vehicle.
30:39Cartage.
30:40Cartage. All right.
30:42Well, now, Paul, just three points behind.
30:45We're moving into a crucial area.
30:48Michael, your numbers game, the last of the day.
30:52Sims before, please, Rachel. One large, five small.
30:55Thank you, Michael.
30:56Another one, large one, five, little one, to finish off the day.
31:00And these numbers are nine...
31:02No, they're not.
31:03Four.
31:04Six.
31:05Six, I should know that by now.
31:07Ten.
31:08Five.
31:09And the large one, 100.
31:11And the target, 262.
31:13262.
31:15MUSIC PLAYS
31:33MUSIC STOPS
31:46Well, Michael?
31:47260.
31:48262 away. Paul?
31:50261.
31:52261.
31:54Interesting times.
31:56So, Paul?
31:57Five times ten.
31:59Five times ten is 50.
32:01Plus the ten.
32:02Sorry, sorry.
32:04Sorry, I've just gone there. So it's five times 100.
32:07Five times 100 is 500.
32:09Plus the ten.
32:10Plus the ten, 510.
32:12Six minus four...
32:15Six minus four is two.
32:18Divide the 510 by the two.
32:20255.
32:21And then add the other six.
32:23And the other six you haven't used.
32:25Just 261, one away.
32:28Yes, Rachel.
32:30262. Tricky?
32:32Well, there was a simpler way.
32:34If you say 100 divided by four is 25,
32:38and then times that by ten for 250,
32:41and add on the two sixes.
32:43Very good. Well done, Rachel.
32:49I think it's worth pointing out
32:51that Paul's uttered a huge sigh of relief there.
32:5470 points now to Michael, 66,
32:57we're in dangerous territory, gentlemen.
32:59We're in crucial territory, so fingers on buzzers.
33:02Let's reveal today's crucial Countdown Conundrum.
33:15My word, Michael.
33:17Allocated?
33:19Allocated. Let's see whether you're right.
33:23Allocated takes the day!
33:28Michael, well done. Well done.
33:31Michael, well done.
33:33Heartbreaking for you, Paul. Heartbreaking.
33:35No, I'm pleased. I think I'm quite pleased with how I've done.
33:38Well, you've done very well,
33:40but I wonder whether young Jackson gave you a rap on the knuckles.
33:43Probably he is, actually.
33:45Well, he did well, cos he's taught you, apparently.
33:47Is that what you told us at the very beginning of the show?
33:50Well, six wins is pretty good stuff, and thanks very much.
33:53Will you take a teapot from us? And a goodie bag as well?
33:56Thank you. Excellent stuff. Well done.
33:58And, Michael McDowell, we shall see you tomorrow.
34:01Well done. Right up to the edge.
34:03Right up to the end. Winning by six points. Very good.
34:06See you tomorrow, Susie.
34:08And, of course, Deborah, see you tomorrow. Look forward to it.
34:11So, we say farewell to Paul Worsley.
34:14Yeah, I wonder if there's going to be any more Worsleys in the future.
34:17I think there is a daughter, isn't there?
34:20Is she any good, Paul?
34:22Well, she's keeping it to herself, if she is.
34:24All right, there we are. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:26See you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. Same time, same place.
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